Mishra is a surname found among Hindu Brahmin,in the northern,eastern,western and central parts of India and in Nepal. This is the list of notable people with Mishra surname,who may or may not be associated with Brahmin caste.
Gopal Ballav Pattanaik is an Indian lawyer and later a jurist who served over a period of 19 years in the bench of the Odisha High Court as a permanent judge,as chief justice of the Patna High Court,Judge of the Supreme Court of India and as the 32nd Chief Justice of India.
The High Court of Judicature at Patna is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on 3 February 1916 by British colonial government and was later affiliated under the Government of India Act 1915,making it one of the oldest High Courts of India.
The Fodder Scam was a corruption scandal that involved the embezzlement of about ₹940 crore from the government treasury of the north Indian state of Bihar. Among those implicated in the theft and arrested were then Chief Minister of Bihar,Lalu Prasad Yadav,as well as former Chief Minister,Jagannath Mishra. The scandal led to the end of Lalu's reign as Chief Minister. Dineshwar Prasad Sharma is also alleged to have received ₹300.60 crore from S. N. Sinha. On 23 December 2017,Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted by a special CBI court while Jagannath Misra was acquitted.
Mohammad Shahabuddin was a politician and former Member of Parliament from the Siwan constituency in the state of Bihar. He was a former member of the National Executive Committee of the Janata Dal and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Shahabuddin was disqualified from contesting elections following his conviction for the kidnapping and disappearance of Chote Lal Gupta,an activist of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation for which he was serving a life sentence. He was also accused of killing 15 other Communist Party activists,including the former student leader Chandrashekhar Prasad.
Ravi Shankar Prasad is an Indian politician and lawyer,from the Bharatiya Janata Party. A Member of Parliament since 2000,first in the Rajya Sabha (2000–2019) and then in the Lok Sabha,Prasad has served as Union Minister multiple times:As Minister of State,he served in the ministries of Coal (2001–2003),Law and Justice (2002–2003),and Information and Broadcasting (2003–2004) under Atal Bihari Vajpayee's premiership;as Cabinet Minister,he held the Law and Justice,Communications,and Electronics and Information Technology (2014–2021) portfolios under Narendra Modi's premiership.
Bihar Government is the state government of the Indian state of Bihar and its nine divisions which consist of districts. It consists of an executive,led by the Governor of Bihar,a judiciary and legislative branches.
Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha of Shahabad,Bengal Presidency was the 6th Chief Justice of India. He also served as the president of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from April 1965 to February 1967.
Media in Bihar started with Bihar Bandhu,the first Hindi newspaper published in Bihar.
Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) is the governing body of cricket activities in the Bihar state of India and the Bihar cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India as full member. BCA was founded in 1935. Supreme Court of India-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) approved BCA as the authorised body for organizing cricket in Bihar.
Gopal Subramanium is an Indian lawyer,international arbitrator,academic and Senior Advocate who practices primarily in the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court. He served as the Solicitor General of India 2009–2011 and Additional Solicitor General of India 2005–2009. He served as Chairman of the Bar Council of India 2010–2011.
The Code of Criminal Procedure,commonly called Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC),was the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law in India. It was enacted in 1973 and came into force on 1 April 1974. It provides the machinery for the investigation of crime,apprehension of suspected criminals,collection of evidence,determination of guilt or innocence of the accused person and the determination of punishment of the guilty. It also deals with public nuisance,prevention of offences and maintenance of wife,child and parents.
Chhedi Paswan is a former member of 16th Lok Sabha and a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He represented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2024. At various points,he has been with Janata Party,then its Charan Singh faction,then the reunited Janata Dal,Bahujan Samaj Party,Nationalist Congress Party,Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD and Nitish Kumar's JD(U).
Navin Sinha is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. Sinha was elevated as a judge of the Patna High Court before serving as chief justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court and after that as the chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court before being elevated to the Supreme Court.
Ahsanuddin Amanullah is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former judge of the Patna High Court. He has also served as a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Patna Collegiate School is a Government High School located in Patna,Bihar,India. It was established by officials of East India Company on 10 August 1835 to spread the english pattern of education in Bihar. Its previous name was Patna High School. It was founded at Alan Ganj,Ashok Rajpath,Patna and is the oldest High School in the State of Bihar,India. The school is located at Dariyapur,Patna and is affiliated with the Bihar School Examination Board. The current principal of the school is Dr. Madhuri Dwivedi.
Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi was an Indian judge and former Judicial Member of the Lokpal of India starting 23 March 2019. He was also the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court.
Aftab Alam is an Indian judge who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Bisheshwar Prasad Singh is an Indian Judge and former Judge of Supreme Court of India.
Arnesh Kumar Guidelines or Arnesh Kumar vs State of Bihar (2014) is a landmark judgement of the Indian Supreme Court,stating arrests should be an exception,in cases where the punishment is less than seven years of imprisonment. The guidelines asked the police to determine whether an arrest was necessary under the provisions of Section 41 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). Police officers have a responsibility to guarantee that the principles established by the Supreme Court in its numerous decisions are followed by the investigating officers. Before authorising further detention,the judicial magistrate must read the police officer's report and make sure they are satisfied.
